My troops reached the top of the parapet, but could not cross over.

The rebel parapets were strongly manned, and the enemy fought hard and well.

My loss was pretty heavy, falling chiefly on the Thirteenth Regulars, whose commanding officer, Captain Washington, was killed, and several other regiments were pretty badly cut up.

We, however, held the ground up to the ditch till night, and then drew back only a short distance, and began to counter-trench.

On the graveyard road, our parapet was within less than fifty yards of the rebel ditch.
On the 20th of May, General Grant called the three corps commanders together, viz., McClernand, McPherson, and Sherman.